09-14-2011, 02:52 PM
DID HAPPY FEET BECOME A HAPPY MEAL?? 
It was only a little over a week ago that Happy Feet, the internationally famous emperor penguin, was released back into the wild after he was found wandering about the shores of New Zealand in June. Researchers spent a considerable amount of time and money nursing Happy Feet back to health, but it may have all been in vain.
The transmitter that was attached – or, to be specific, super glued – to Happy Feet, which was designed to transmit a signal every time it broke the ocean’s surface, has stopped sending transmissions. This has lead some to believe that the transmitter could have fallen off – or that Happy Feet was eaten by a shark or a whale.
Happy Feet was on a journey back home to Antartica after being released from New Zealand earlier this month. When the emperor penguin was originally found in New Zealand, he was found to be exhausted and, after extensive medical procedures – about $30,000 worth, reportedly – it was discovered he had eaten sand, apparently mistaking it for snow.
After specialists successfully nursed Happy Feet back to health, Sirtrack, a company specializing in wildlife tracking, fitted Happy Feet with a tracker, intending to allow people at home to follow Happy Feet on his journey back home.
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new in Nov.
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It was only a little over a week ago that Happy Feet, the internationally famous emperor penguin, was released back into the wild after he was found wandering about the shores of New Zealand in June. Researchers spent a considerable amount of time and money nursing Happy Feet back to health, but it may have all been in vain.
The transmitter that was attached – or, to be specific, super glued – to Happy Feet, which was designed to transmit a signal every time it broke the ocean’s surface, has stopped sending transmissions. This has lead some to believe that the transmitter could have fallen off – or that Happy Feet was eaten by a shark or a whale.
Happy Feet was on a journey back home to Antartica after being released from New Zealand earlier this month. When the emperor penguin was originally found in New Zealand, he was found to be exhausted and, after extensive medical procedures – about $30,000 worth, reportedly – it was discovered he had eaten sand, apparently mistaking it for snow.
After specialists successfully nursed Happy Feet back to health, Sirtrack, a company specializing in wildlife tracking, fitted Happy Feet with a tracker, intending to allow people at home to follow Happy Feet on his journey back home.
new in Nov.
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